TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190649 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 21:32:58
Date made public:
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Reporting Group: ANTARES     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Patrick Aleo (UIUC) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018mkj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aczzwjf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:09:53.284 (32.4720169) DEC = +10:00:03.02 (10.000839)
Discovery date: 2018-12-20 02:51:20.736 (JD=2458472.6189931)


Remarks: Supernova candidate identified by the LAISS pipeline (Aleo et al. 2023, in prep), via an exhaustive search. See locus info at: https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT20194jfwk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-20 02:51:20.736
Flux: 19.8037 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-14 06:07:30
Limiting flux: 18.866 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018mkj